SCREEN-L Archives

June 1994

SCREEN-L@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
Stephen Brophy <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 14 Jun 1994 22:14:42 EDT
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (10 lines)
  _Birth of a Nation_ is not the only racist statement of D.W.
Griffith.  In _Broken Blossoms_, ostensibly a film about the need for
tolerance, he revealed some pretty vile, but probably also culturally
pervasive, attitudes about Asians.  I still cringe when I remember the
character played by Lillian Gish refer to her savior as "Chinky."  I
suspect that those with more knowledge fo Griffith's work could
provide us with many more examples.
                                                Stephen Brophy
                                                Cambridge, Mass.

ATOM RSS1 RSS2